Three women say Stevens Point cafe owner sexually assaulted them, one after he snuck into her home

10:24 AM,
May 2, 2014

Steven Tibbetts

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B.C. Kowalski
Stevens Point Journal Media

At least three women have now filed complaints against the owner of the Energy Cafe, including one who told police that he broke into her house to rape her, and another who said he assaulted her in the basement of his business.

Portage County Judge Thomas Eagon on Thursday ordered Steven Tibbetts, 32, of Stevens Point to stand trial after hearing testimony from a Portage County Sheriff's Office detective about an alleged March rape in Tibbetts' town of Linwood home.

Prosecutors also formally charged Tibbetts in three additional cases after women came forward to tell police they'd been ...